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Loud, proud, uncompromising: this bold politician helped bring about Title IX, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Equal Rights Amendment - as well as much more.
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When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.
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This phony Asian royalty fooled rural England for some time - but the truth she was hiding was far darker.
Fredegund
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